User:Fredddie/U.S. Route 16 in Minnesota

U.S. Highway 16
U.S. Highway 16
Route information
	Maintained by MnDOT
Length	286 mi (460 km)
Existed	1926–c. 1978
Major junctions
West end	US 16 near Manley
	US 75 at Luverne; US 59 at Worthington; US 71 at Jackson; US 169 at Blue Earth; US 65 at Albert Lea; US 218 at Austin; US 63 at Spring Valley; US 52 at Preston; US 14 / US 61 at La Crescent;
East end	US 14 / US 16 / US 61 at La Crosse, Wis.
Location
Country	United States
State	Minnesota
Counties	Rock, Nobles, Jackson, Martin, Faribault, Freeborn, Mower, Fillmore, Houston
Highway system
	United States Numbered Highway System; List; Special; Divided; Minnesota Trunk Highway System; Interstate; US; State; Legislative; Scenic;

Route description

US 16 spanned the entire southern tier of counties in Minnesota. It passed through three distinct geological regions over its journey. Buffalo Ridge in the southwestern part of the state is part of the Coteau des Prairies. In south-central Minnesota is the flat Minnesota River basin, which includes the Blue Earth River tributary. In the southeastern part of the state is the Driftless Area, which was untouched by glaciation during the last ice age.

US 16 entered Minnesota near Manley and intersected Trunk Highway 23 (MN 73). From there, it headed to the east-northeast toward Luverne where it met US 75. It then headed to the east through Magnolia and crossed MN 91 at Adrian. At Worthington was the convergence of four numbered highways: US 16, US 59, MN 60, and MN 266. On the Nobles–Jackson county line MN 264 served as a connection to Round Lake. Farther east, the highway intersected MN 86 south of Lakefield. A few miles later, in Jackson, US 16 briefly overlapped US 71. It then passed through Alpha and had a brief concurrency with MN 4 near Sherburn before it met MN 263 at Welcome.^[1]^[2]

US 16 continued east through Fairmont, where it had a very short concurrency with MN 15. At Imogene was a short spur route that led to Granada. Later, it passed through Blue Earth and intersected US 169. It then met consecutively numbered highways: MN 254 and MN 253, both of which headed south from US 16. A short while later, MN 22 overlapped the highway briefly. As the highway approached Albert Lea, it met MN 109 near Alden. In western Albert Lea, it met US 69, which overlapped US 16 to its northern end in the downtown area. There, it overlapped US 65 for a short while. The highway passed through a couple small towns before it entered Austin. On the western side of town, it met MN 105 and then overlapped US 218 through the downtown area. East of town, it crossed MN 56.^[1]^[2]

Between Elkton and Dexter, the highway curved to the northeast before it turned back to the east. It passed through Grand Meadow and then intersected and overlapped US 63 until an intersection with MN 74 in Spring Valley. It then met MN 80 at Wykoff. At Preston, it followed US 52 to the southeast and then turned northeast when the highways separated. Soon after in Lanesboro, it met MN 250. In Rushford and Houston, the highway overlapped MN 43 and MN 76, respectively. US 16 then intersected MN 44 in Hokah and MN 26 between there are La Crescent. In La Crescent, it met up with US 14 / US 61 and the three U.S. Highways crossed the Mississippi River into La Crosse, Wisconsin.^[1]^[2]

History

Auto trails
- Southern Minnesota Air Line, except between Preston and Hokah
Trunk Highway System
- TH 9 entire route (1920-11-02)
U.S. Highway System

Four laning?
I-90 construction
- Attempted to overlap I-90 west of Dexter (1968-06-18)
  - Only approved for completed sections
  - Manley to Worthington
  - Petran (between Albert Lea and Austin) to Dexter
- Segment between Albert Lea and Austin onto I-90 (1971-12-03)
Eliminated between Rapid City, S.D., and Waubesha, Wis. (1978-06-29)
- - Only a gap in Faribault County remained

Major intersections

This junction list shows intersections along U.S. Highway 16 before the construction of Interstate 90.

County	Location	mi^[a]^[b]	km	Destinations	Notes
Rock	Beaver Creek Township	0.00	0.00	US 16 west – Sioux Falls	Continuation into South Dakota
	Manley	1.18	1.90	MN 23 north – Pipestone
	Luverne	13.41	21.58	US 75 – Pipestone, Sioux City
Nobles	Adrian	27.27	43.89	MN 91 – Lismore, Ellsworth
	Worthington	43.37	69.80	MN 266 north – Reading, Wilmont
		44.36	71.39	US 59 north – Slayton	Western end of US 59 overlap
		45.09	72.57	MN 60 east – Windom	Western end of MN 60 overlap
		45.73	73.60	US 59 south / MN 60 west – Sioux City	Eastern end of US 59 and MN 60 overlaps
Nobles–Jackson county line	Lorain–Ewington township line	51.09	82.22	MN 264 south – Round Lake
Jackson	Hunter Township	65.13	104.82	MN 86 – Lakefield, Spirit Lake
	Jackson	74.18	119.38	US 71 south – Spirit Lake	Western end of US 71 overlap
	Des Moines Township	76.59	123.26	US 71 north – Windom	Eastern end of US 71 overlap
Martin	Jay Township	87.01	140.03	MN 4 south – Dunnell, Estherville	Western end of MN 4 overlap
	Sherburn	89.39	143.86	MN 4 north – St. James	Eastern end of MN 4 overlap
	Welcome	95.22	153.24	MN 263 south – Ceylon
	Fairmont	103.80	167.05	MN 15 – Madelia, Armstrong
	Pleasant Prairie Township	108.75	175.02	MN 262 north – Granada
Faribault	Blue Earth	120.58	194.05	US 169 north – Mankato	Western end of US 169 overlap
	Blue Earth	122.14	196.57	US 169 south – Fort Dodge	Eastern end of US 169 overlap
	Emerald Township	130.47	209.97	MN 254 south – Frost
	Brush Creek Township	136.47	219.63	MN 253 south – Bricelyn
	Foster Township	140.56	226.21	MN 22 north – Wells	Western end of MN 22 overlap
	Foster Township	141.56	227.82	MN 22 south – Kiester	Eastern end of MN 22 overlap
Freeborn	Alden Township	147.11	236.75	MN 109 west – Wells
	Albert Lea	154.38	248.45	US 69 south / MN 13 north – Waseca, Forest City	Western end of US 69 overlap
	Albert Lea	155.54	250.32	US 65 south / US 69 ends – Northwood	Eastern end of US 69 overlap; western end of US 65 overlap
	Albert Lea Township	156.36	251.64	US 65 north – Owatonna	Eastern end of US 65 overlap
Mower	Austin	174.19	280.33	MN 105 south
		174.70	281.15	US 218 north – Owatonna	Western end of US 218 overlap
		175.57	282.55	US 218 south – Osage	Eastern end of US 218 overlap
	Windom–Red Rock township line	180.28	290.13	MN 56 – Brownsdale, Rose Creek
	Frankford Township	204.12	328.50	US 63 north – Rochester	Western end of US 63 overlap
Fillmore	Spring Valley	209.26	336.77	US 63 south / MN 74 north – Chatfield, Waterloo	Eastern end of US 63 overlap
	Fillmore Township	215.54	346.88	MN 80 – Wykoff, Fountain
	Fountain Township	224.61	361.47	US 52 north – Rochester	Western end of US 52 overlap
	Preston Township	228.15	367.17	US 52 south – Decorah	Eastern end of US 52 overlap
	Lanesboro	233.47	375.73	MN 250 north
	Rushford	251.48	404.72	MN 43 north – Winona	Western end of MN 43 overlap
	Rushford Village	252.03	405.60	MN 43 south – Mabel	Eastern end of MN 43 overlap
Houston	Houston	263.05	423.34	MN 76 north – Witoka	Western end of MN 76 overlap
	Houston Township	263.92	424.74	MN 76 south – Caledonia	Eastern end of MN 76 overlap
	Hokah	274.95	442.49	MN 44 west – Caledonia
	La Crescent Township	278.16	447.66	MN 26 south – New Albin
	La Crescent	280.61	451.60	US 14 west / US 61 north – Winona	Western end of US 14 / US 61 overlap
Mississippi River West Channel		282.39	454.46	Minnesota–Wisconsin state line
Mississippi River West Channel		282.39	454.46	US 14 east / US 16 east / US 61 south – La Crosse	Continuation into Wisconsin
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi Concurrency terminus

Notes

^ Routing was determined the comparison of the 1959 Minnesota state highway map with modern Minnesota Department of Transportation county maps.^[2]^[3]
^ Length was determined by using logpoint data from Minnesota Department of Transportation.^[4]^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Fredddie" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved March 20, 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Minnesota Department of Highways; H.M. Gousha (1959). Official Road Map of Minnesota Showing the State Highway System and Main Secondary Roads (Map). 1:760,320. St. Paul: Minnesota Department of Highways. OCLC 5673160, 80405240, 52124678. Retrieved June 26, 2018 – via Minnesota Digital Library.
^ Length "County Maps". Minnesota Department of Transportation. Retrieved December 12, 2018.
^ "Logpoint Listings". Minnesota Department of Transportation. Retrieved December 12, 2018.
^ Minnesota Department of Transportation. "Statewide Trunk Logpoint Listing" (PDF). St. Paul: Minnesota Department of Transportation. Retrieved December 12, 2018.

External links

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[4] Routing was determined the comparison of the 1959 Minnesota state highway map with modern Minnesota Department of Transportation county maps.^[2]^[3]

[7] Length was determined by using logpoint data from Minnesota Department of Transportation.^[4]^[5]

[ggm-1] "Fredddie" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved March 20, 2022.

[1959_map-2] Minnesota Department of Highways; H.M. Gousha (1959). Official Road Map of Minnesota Showing the State Highway System and Main Secondary Roads (Map). 1:760,320. St. Paul: Minnesota Department of Highways. OCLC 5673160, 80405240, 52124678. Retrieved June 26, 2018 – via Minnesota Digital Library.

[3] Length "County Maps". Minnesota Department of Transportation. Retrieved December 12, 2018.

[5] "Logpoint Listings". Minnesota Department of Transportation. Retrieved December 12, 2018.

[6] Minnesota Department of Transportation. "Statewide Trunk Logpoint Listing" (PDF). St. Paul: Minnesota Department of Transportation. Retrieved December 12, 2018.

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